Ashaddu Hubban Lillah -al-baqarah 165- — Yuhibbunahum Kahubbillah Wallazina Amanuu

Zayd loved a woman named with a love that consumed him. He woke thinking of her, slept dreaming of her. He made promises to her that only God should receive: “You are my peace, my purpose, my paradise.” He would say, “If she leaves me, life ends.”

One day, Layla returned. She found him at peace. She asked, “Do you still love me?” Zayd loved a woman named with a love that consumed him

He smiled. “More than before. But now I do not worship you. And because I no longer worship you, I can truly love you.” my paradise.” He would say

He realized: the problem wasn’t loving Layla. The problem was loving her as if she were divine—eternal, flawless, the source of his existence. But she was a mirror, not the sun. “If she leaves me